Li Rui was stunned. He looked at Xie Peilan and both of them laughed.
Back home, Li Rui told Qingman about Xie Duzhong and Song Xiuxiu. He emphasized Song Xiuxiu's appearance and praised, "Xiuxiu is so beautiful when she dresses up. She's almost as beautiful as the Zixuan. Her figure is even more plump than the Zixuan. She's gentle and well-behaved. She's the ideal wife in every man's heart. No wonder Duzhong fell in love with her at first sight."
Qingman laughed and pinched his arm, "What do you mean? The ideal wife in every man's heart? You're included in that? In other words, I'm not the ideal wife in your heart? "
Li Rui said, "Of course, you're not my ideal wife!"
Qing Man's smile turned into anger. Just as she was about to get angry, Li Rui smiled and added, "You have already exceeded the standard of my ideal wife! You're the standard of my dream wife. You're the wife I dream of marrying! "
Qingman laughed out loud. Her anger turned into joy, "You're good with words. Otherwise, I'll never let you off."
At half past nine, the couple turned off the lights and lay down, ready to rest. But at this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang outside.
Li Ruixin wondered who it was. Who was knocking at the door so late at night? He got out of bed and put on a tank top. He opened the door and was shocked to see his adopted brother, Li Ming, standing outside. He looked anxious as if something big had happened.
"Brother, are you asleep?"
Li Ming saw Li Rui's clothes and guessed that he had just gotten out of bed.
Li Rui nodded, "I just lay down. Why are you here at this time? Come in and talk. " Li Ming waved his hand and whispered, "I'm not going in. It's not good to disturb Qingman. Let's talk outside." Li Rui nodded. He took the key and closed the door. He followed Li Rui downstairs to a quiet place to talk.
"Brother, I'm done for. Someone is messing with me …"
Li Ming didn't say anything, but when he did, Li Rui was shocked.
Li Rui asked, "Who's messing with you? What's going on? "Li Ming gritted his teeth and said," Huo Zhisong, the deputy mayor of our Southern District. " Li Rui recalled for a while and nodded, "I know him. Last year, after you were promoted from Executive Deputy Mayor to Acting Mayor, there was a vacancy for Executive Deputy Mayor position. At that time, the Municipal Standing Committee held a meeting to discuss candidates. Sun Yaozu nominated his former secretary, Tian Weigang, while Yu Heping nominated Huo Zhisong." Li Ming hatefully said, "This Huo Zhisong is Yu Heping's man. He didn't get promoted to Executive Deputy Mayor last year. He hates me and Tian Weigang. He has been looking for fault with me, but I didn't notice it. This time, he caught the opportunity …"
Li Ming roughly told the whole story. It turned out that there was a town in the southern suburbs of the Southern District called Nanwang Village. Nanwang Village had a Nanwang Village Secretary named Yang Dali. In the past few years, Yang Dali had used his power and his family's dark influence to do many illegal things, including: intercepting the villagers' grain subsidies, cheating them of the current poverty relief funds, occupying the villagers' land, openly reselling the village's reserved land, embezzling public funds, raping men and women in the village. It could be said that he had done many bad things. Most of the villagers in the village were angry, but they didn't dare to say anything. There were also a few brave ones who wrote a letter to report Yang Dali to the District Commission for Discipline Inspection, the District Government's Letter Office, and the District Mayor's mailbox. Unfortunately, the letter was sent out like a clay ox entering the sea. There was no reply.
The matter had developed to this point. It seemed that Li Ming, the District Mayor, had nothing to do with it. Although he was the District Mayor of the Southern District and was in charge of everything in the Southern District like the Secretary of the Southern District Committee, it was enough for the Township Commission for Discipline Inspection to investigate and deal with the village-level cadres. Li Ming was very busy every day, so it was difficult for him to take care of the village-level government. However, the Deputy District Mayor Huo Zhisong didn't want to let this matter go. He took a letter of report and ran to the Acting Mayor Yu Heping to report it. Of course, the main report wasn't about Yang Dali's illegal activities, but about Li Ming. As the District Mayor of the Southern District, he didn't care about the serious problems reported by the people. He was indifferent and ignored the serious problems reported by the people. This caused the small matter to be dragged out, the collective and national property suffered heavy losses, and the feelings of the people were hurt.
If it was just this, then the Secretary of the Southern District Committee, Yang Huaze, and the District Commission for Discipline Inspection couldn't escape the responsibility. However, Huo Zhisong was sharpening his knife to deal with Li Ming. How could he accidentally hurt an outsider? Huo Zhisong also had a trump card in his hand. It was Li Ming who went to Nanwang Village to investigate as the District Mayor. At that time, the person who received Li Ming was the Village Secretary, Yang Dali. During that investigation, Li Ming praised Yang Dali for seizing the opportunity of the city's construction to go out and invite people in. He actively attracted investment and accelerated the construction of the village. He created brilliant results and walked ahead of the other villages and towns in the Southern District. This was equivalent to affirming Yang Dali's work achievements and his personality.
After that investigation, Yang Dali became the model of a grassroots leader who was brave enough to reform and become rich under the leadership of District Mayor Li Ming. After that, the leaders of the Southern District classified Yang Dali as one of Li Ming's people in their hearts. Because of this, Huo Zhisong used this point. He told Yu Heping that because Yang Dali was one of Li Ming's people, and Li Ming also needed to use Yang Dali's achievements to show his own political achievements. Therefore, after Yang Dali made a lot of mistakes, Li Ming adopted an attitude of protecting him. The specific performance was that he didn't care about the report letter sent by the villagers of Nanwang Village. He also didn't allow the subordinates to investigate the contents of the report letter. Until today, Yang Dali was still at large, harming the village.
After listening to Li Ming, Li Rui felt very strange. He asked, "How do you know what Huo Zhisong said to Yu Heping?" Li Ming angrily said, "Wasn't it Huo Zhisong himself who said it?" Li Rui was even more surprised, "Huo Zhisong said it himself? When did he say it? Who did he say it to? " Li Ming said bitterly, "He deliberately spread it in the District Government to attack my prestige and reputation. He let the leaders know that Mayor Ma is going to deal with me, and that I won't be the District Mayor for long. It's like he is tightening my neck in advance, and waiting for Yu Heping to hang me." Li Rui took a deep breath, "Huo Zhisong actually did this. I really … really don't know what to say about him."
Li Ming defended himself, "I didn't cover up for Yang Dali at all. He is not one of my people. I didn't see any of those report letters. Some villagers said that they sent it to the District Mayor's mailbox, but the official in charge of my mailbox said that he never received such a report letter. I was kept in the dark from the beginning to the end. I didn't know anything about it at all. It has nothing to do with dereliction of duty, so how can I cover up for him? If Huo Zhisong wants to frame me, he can always use a pretext. He wants to take the opportunity to kill me. I am wronged. "
Li Rui calmed down and began to think. If this matter was really used by Yu Heping, what would happen to Boss Song Chaoyang? It was estimated that the city would launch separate investigations on Li Ming and Yang Dali. They would investigate whether Li Ming covered up for Yang Dali, and what kind of relationship he had with Yang Dali. They would investigate Yang Dali's violations of law and discipline, and investigate Li Ming's actions when the villagers of Nanwang Village reported Yang Dali. And if what Li Ming said was true, that he didn't cover up for Yang Dali, and that there was no deep relationship with him, then Li Ming would make a big mistake of dereliction of duty.
Even so, Li Ming's reputation would plummet. Although he could still sit on the District Mayor's throne in the future, he was afraid that it would not be so comfortable. The attitude of the people under him would also greatly change. At the same time, this matter would also give Boss Song Chaoyang a slap in the face. After all, last year, he was the one who advocated for Li Ming to be the District Mayor of Nanwang Village. Li Ming was already considered his disciple. If his disciple was dealt with, then the leader would naturally lose face. Therefore, he had to let Boss know about this matter as soon as possible, so that he could deal with it early.
Li Rui thought of this and asked Li Ming, "When did Huo Zhisong complain to Yu Heping?" Li Ming said, "It should be yesterday or the day before. He began to spread rumors in the District Government today. After I heard about it, I immediately came to find you to discuss countermeasures and see how to deal with this matter. I'm not afraid of other things, but I'm afraid that it will smear Big Boss' face. " Li Rui muttered, "Let's assume that Huo Zhisong told Yu Heping yesterday, but Yu Heping did not act up today, which means that he is not in a hurry to act up. I guess, according to his usual style of doing things, he will certainly prepare in secret, collect all the evidence against you, and then suddenly act up to completely kill you. "
When Li Ming heard this, he was so scared that his face changed. He panicked and said, "Then what should I do now?" Li Rui asked, "Tell me honestly, do you really have no relationship with Yang Dali? He didn't give you any gifts? You didn't give him any gifts? " Li Ming nodded heavily, "Absolutely not. Think about it. Even if I received gifts, I can only receive gifts from the Town Committee Secretary or the Mayor. How could I receive gifts from a Village Party Secretary? I don't even want to see him. " Li Rui suddenly understood something. His face changed slightly, and he said, "Brother, do you mean that you received gifts from a Town Committee Secretary?"
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